286 DANGER OF ELEPHANT HUNTING. [chap. vii. 
is at once disabled. Two good hunters will frequently 
kill several out of one herd; but in this dangerous 
hand-to-hand light the hunter is often the victim. 
Hunting the elephant on horseback is certainly far less 
dangerous than on foot, but although the speed of 
the horse is undoubtedly superior, the chase generally 
takes place upon ground so disadvantageous, that he 
is liable to fall, in which case there is little chance 
for either animal or rider. 
So savage are the natural instincts of Africans, that 
they attend only to the destruction of the elephant, 
.and never attempt its domestication. 
